Hotel Info

Room Booking is now open!:
Well, its been quite a road to get to this point, but your planning
team have now finalized a hotel for AvatarMeet 2014. It is...*drum
roll*.....The Four Points by Sheraton.
The hotel is located close to Los Angeles airport (LAX) for ease of
access and we have been able to obtain a group booking rate of $125 (+
taxes = approx $145) per room per night.

You can either book on-line
or simply call the hotel to book your room. There are two type of room
you can book: a single double bed 'King Room' (sleeps two) or a two
double bed 'Queen Room' (sleeps up to four). Note that for a 3rd and 4th
person in a room there is an extra $10 charge per extra person.

The hotel offers:
-Complimentary High Speed Wireless Internet-Complimentary Shuttle to and from the Hotel to LAX -Complimentary Boarding Pass Print Services -Complimentary access to the Fitness Center and Swimming Pool -Complimentary use of the Business Center Computers with Print Services-OCEAN EXPRESS for $5 round trip to Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Village, and El Segundo Plaza

If you want to share a room, up date your profile on the Roll Call. You can find everything you need to know about booking your room on the Attendee Info page.

Introduction

Welcome to issue 3 for the
AvatarMeet 2014 Newsletter. In this issue you will find
information about the meet up hotel and camping. Apologies for the delay
in getting this information through to everyone, we wanted to take the
time and get all the key details right and negotiate a good deal for the
hotel to make the event as affordable as possible.

Please help us out and update your profile on AvatarMeet.com so we have good numbers to continue planning the event details!

- The AvaterMeet 2014 planning team

Camping

Carry on Camping: The camping trip for AvatarMeet 2014
will be from Sunday July 6th to Tuesday July 8th in Sequoia / Kings
Canyon National Park. Sunday will be a flexible arrival day to
accommodate different flight times and carpools. It is a 4-5 hour drive
to the campground from Los Angeles International Airport so we advise
people to carpool if possible.

We have reserved a group campsite at the Canyon View Campground. We will
be at Group Campsite D. As an alternative, there is a lodge on site
with rooms, and a store/restaurant.

Most likely the activities will include day hikes, night hikes,
ecological/environmental learning activities, carpool trips to see the
famous trees/caves/museums of the national park, and much more.
Suggestions/Discussion is welcome!

AvatarMeet.com has been updated so that everyone can officially indicate if they will be going camping this year. Please update your profile
so we can have an accurate count of the number of people attending. For
more information including maps, check out the camping section of our
website.

Cosplay

Feeling a little blue?: Cosplay during Lightstorm day
is still up to be confirmed, and is still likely not the be the official
cosplay day. However, lightstorm will most likely be the first full day
back from the camping trip. This gives 2 full days left (maybe 3
depending on personal departure times) to wear the cosplay. If you are
in PAX that would certainly mean more time in paint than actually
painting. We would also like to do another costume contest this year,
which would be placed on "official" cosplay day, so if anyone has an
suggestions/improvements from the 2012 contest PM Sarah Noël on either
ToS or LN.

Want to Explore LA?

Why not stay a while?: The discount for the hotel has
been extended at least two days either side of the meet up, so if
camping is not your thing, but you would still like to have a bit of
Avatar time with friends and do the tourist thing in LA why not arrive a
few days early. There is plenty to see and do. There is more info here:
http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/

There are two bus services that call outside the hotel that head north
toward Santa Monica and also south to the metro rail. Both offering
cheap transit across the city, for only $1.50 per trip. You can find
more information by following this link: http://www.metro.net/